I am from Texas in the United States. The first time I visited Brugge I fell in love with this city . I have traveled extensively throughout Europe. By far Brugge is my favorite. The last time I visited I cried because my husband of 25 years was no longer in my life and all the wonderful memories came flooding back. I hope to return next year. God bless❤️
I watched your video about Belgium - Bruges and Antwerp, and I absolutely loved it. We're excited to go to Belgium this summer. Thanks a lot for your video. Cheers!
No arguments, Bruges is charming and beautiful. I have been there three times for the scenery, the history, the mussels and frites, chocolate and rather nice beer. Great video!
i like you .you did not use the phrase french fries witch does not exist belgian fries exist a huge mistake made by the gi's in the second world war we have a frech speaking community and a flemish community but it's all belgium hope you come again you are most welcome
That's exciting! I hope you have a wonderful time. We made other videos there I hope you'll find helpful before your trip: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist Please have some fries for me :)
Bruges is one of my favourite places on Earth. Been there during Summer, been there during Winter, and I cannot decide when the place looks most beautiful. Drank the best hot chocolate I've ever had there. Also, you seem like a couple of really decent people. I wish you both well.
Thanks so much, Matthew! Where did you have the hot chocolate? Would love to know for a future visit. This was our first time there and I can only imagine how charming Bruges is in winter time, especially picturing a tasty hot chocolate in the scene as well :)
After visiting the chocolate museum there is a place just a little up the road from there called the Choco Jungle Bar. There you can try chocolate drinks made to authentic Aztec and Inca recipes. I had an Aztec one made with various spices, it was an 'interesting' choice. However, we went back a second time a couple of days later and I just had a regular, normal hot chocolate and it was so thick, so creamy, it was beautiful. Please go back during the Winter sometime, you may love the place even more.
Didn't know about this city, until I saw "In Bruges" movie yesterday. As an italian living near Turin, which is a baroque city full of examples of art and architecture, I love ancient buildings, castles, and art in general. I think Bruges could be the city I'd adore to go to 🤩 I wish I could visit Bruges once this corona Virus emergency finally stops!! Cheers from Italy!
Wow! How did Bruges manage to keep all those Medieval buildings intact!? No wonder it’s a World Heritage site. I loved seeing it…And all the tourists! I really enjoyed the “ Madonna and Child’….(And the french fry story)! …Another one for the bucket list….Thanks!
There are A LOT of tourists! Bruges definitely deserves a place on the bucket list :) I wondered the same thing about how/why so many buildings are so well preserved and the answer is very interesting! Here's an excerpt of what I wrote in the description box --> The reason why Bruges is so well preserved has a twist: the city was too poor to renovate and rebuild. Bruges has experienced periods of great wealth, great poverty, and great wealth again. During the down times, citizens didn't have the cash to make 'improvements' to their houses and to this scarcity we owe a great deal! Ironically, the current citizens of Bruges benefit from their forebears' inability to knock things down and rebuild. Bruges is now a huge draw for tourists from around the world who flock to see the same buildings people were too poor to change. Huzzah! This is why I love history!
In the 16th century the connection of Bruges with the North Sea silted up so merchant ships could not deliver their cargo and thus the city went into a "Cinderella" sleep. Before that it was the richest city in Nortern Europe. Also the place where the first stock excange in the world was founded.
Indeed, Bruges was the Manhattan of the middle ages, and then Antwerp, and then as the Spanish devastated our country, Amsterdam took over. In fact, the whole capitalist system was 'invented' and put into practice in the low countries and the north of Italy.
About the origin of french fries, a more common theory is that it used to be called frenched fries, from the verb frenching. To french means to cut something in thin slices, sort of like julienne style, before cooking it. So at the very beginning it was called frenched fried potatoes which turned into frenched fries and eventually became french fries, at least that’s what we were taught in school as kids :)
This channel is great! Making me more enthusiastic for trip next month to Bruges, The Hague, and Amsterdam. With the Mrs and without kids! Watched all those videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
It's gorgeous and I'd recommend to anyone doing a trip to Europe! This is not the only appearance fries will make on the channel from our Belgium visit 🍟😁
I love Brugge so much i had a fantastic time there, Really passionate about that whole Flemish region and i am happy to see that people enjoy this place as much as i do. cheers!
Hi! Yes, we fell in love with Bruges (and Belgium overall!) and would really love to return and do more exploring. Would love to hear any recommendations you have :)
The black cat in the folklore museum is very famous to people from Bruges. The city hall is still used as city hall. The mayor still has his offices there. Your pronunciation of Oud Sint-jan hospitaal is very good. Thank you for trying not to say French fries. Cause it really grind the gears of Belgians. A boat tour is a good idea, way better then a horse ride tour. Hope you had a great time in (my) our little city.
yes it does i hope one day they rectify this huge mistake made by the gi's in the second world war and change it back where it belongs as belgian fries and thx for the education
Just rewatching this one again too. It really looks like a charming city to visit. If I ever manage to make it over to there, I'll keep Bruges in mind to see and check out one day, hopefully.
Its so nice to see you smile even after what happened, you found it in your heart to forgive him. I could never forgive a cheater. You are a strong women.
Seeing you two so happy and positive in Bruges reminds me of the time we were so happy there as a couple... Hope you didn’t do the torture museum though! Great work! 👍🏼
Well, if there is any doubt whether there is such thing as love at first sight, this video settles that quandary. If that city was a woman, I might get down on my knees and pop the question! :) And Eileen you could not do a better job of showing us its allure. As usual your description is a wonderful compliment to the vlog :)
haha I've never heard Bruges put that way! It's truly a magical place steeped in history. I'm glad you thought so too! The good news is that more Bruges videos are coming... :)
we do hope you find the time one day and visit our country showing that belgium is not a city like trump say's you are more then welcome and do hope you coma and enjoy it
What a wonderful video! I love Bruges so much. Always so nice to check in with you two as you travel around the world. I love seeing your adventures! Love the backstory to Michelangelo's Madonna and Child. Makes me think of "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler", by E. L. Konigsburg. Great work!
Thanks a lot, Liz! It was my first time in Belgium and I was floored by how beautiful Bruges is. It's such a great feeling when a place takes you by complete surprise like that :)
Mind that only some of the buildings are middle ages period. There is also 16-17-18-19 century buildings. In order to preserve the medieval atmosphere, the city council (like 150 years +) opted in the past that any new construction in the city had to be done in this Bruges style.
Hi Mark! I miss Bruges! Did you see the Belgian food video we made? Just thinking of it makes me salivate. It's in this Belgium playlist, if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/RcjYI-AsPqo/v-deo.html Please have some fries for us! :)
There are more interesting things to visit in Bruges then the fry museum, trust me I live here. If you have a lot of time you might just as well visit it, but things like the Groeningenmuseum (medieval paintings from the ancient flemish masters), the Halletoren (the big tower on the market square), the Heilig bloedkapel (where they keep some blood from -allegedly- jezus since the crusades) and even the chocolate museum.
@Gauthier - I agree with you. There is much more than the fry museum. The family’s favorite activity was eating and shopping. We have bookmarked it to return one day sooner than later.
The tl;dr history of Bruges: 200 A.D. Roman settlers, 900 A.D. to 1200 A.D. Bruges became an important tradecenter due to its harbor. 1300 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Bruges became the economic capital of Northwestern Europe. It attracted Royals, architects and artists. ...All sorts of stuff happened... 1600 to 1885 it became one of the poorest cities, the two world wars didn't affect it and it became world heritage in 2000. Bruges la morte aka Bruges the dead has been preserved by accident and sheer luck.
we need people like you to educate other people who are unaware of belgian history .most people just come to see the building but not the history thank you very much
ah, the memories, my entire family used to live in brugge. but we moved to ghent for some reason, not to complain everything in belgium is extremely close to eachother
Hello! Glad the video brought back nice memories for you :) Ghent is a place I'd LOVE to visit (if you have any tips I'd love to hear them!). Yes, things are quite close together in Belgium compared to Canada. Do you still go and visit Bruges?
when we went, we completely skipped brussels and went right to bruges.....we're so glad we did! it is such a AMAZING and beautiful little town! didnt get to stay long there so i'm glad you covered some of the stuff we didnt get to see :) cheers ~sara
Hey Sara! We did the same thing! Well, we went first to Antwerp and then to Bruges. Didn't go to Brussels. Maybe someday but I'm SO glad we visited Antwerp and Bruges. Bruges is like a fairytale, don't you think? I'm glad you liked the video! Always good, I think, to have things to return to :)
I'm so happy you did. Brussels has its nice places too, But Brugge, Antwerpen and also Ghent are special, they are the heart of Belgium. It saddens me that people who come to europe, often go see brussels and that's it, just because it's the capital. You should go to Ghent WHEN you come back 😊🙌 I'm ashamed to say I never liked it as a kid and didn't visit it again until January of this year and it is STUNNING. It looks a bit like a mix between antwerp and brugge.
It's because of trading connection with Venice since the Early Middle Ages actually, when Bruges was the dominant metropolis in Europe. The first Bourse (stock exchange) was in Bruges, and the term 'bank' is from here as well, during the same time and in connection with Venice. What might be interesting too, is that in the Church de Notre Dame, there are the tombs of Marie of Burgundy and her father Charles the Bold, which you showed briefly. The tomb of her mother Isabel de Bourbon, by the way, is in the Cathedral of Antwerp. Also, the Madonna & Child was the only statue of Michael Angelo permitted to leave Italy! And...it's Belgian Fries! (it's a Belgian invention, and mistakenly called french from "frenched" (in old English, meaning finely sliced) by the Americans.)
Hi Eileen, what a nice video you made here about the wonderful city of Bruges. I'm visiting Bruges this coming July with my colleagues and your video makes me wanna bring my GF instead.LOL. I'll most certainly follow every step of your journey there. If you could include the budget spent on each attraction,that would be perfect as tourists could have a better image on the spending cost there especially for first timer like me. Just my two cents though. anyway....great videos!! :)
Thanks for commenting, Vincent! Yeah, sometimes we include prices and sometimes not. Bruges is a wonderful place and I hope you have a fantastic time. It'd be lovely in July :)
@@ThePegasus101 I'm sorry that you had to change plans but hope you'll enjoy your holiday nonetheless! Bruges will be as beautiful when you're able to go again :)
Bruges is one of our favourite cities in the world. We lived it do much we've bern there 2x and will go back again. Love love love the fries...lol we had fries girls dessert one night in bruges.
I can see why you keep going back! We loved it too and I thought Belgians were super friendly and kind. Obviously I also canNOT get enough of the food ;) Maybe you saw already but we made a whole video about Belgian food (more like a love letter haha): bit.ly/belgiumfoods
It was actually watching this video that inspired me to visit Bruges. It was an amazing experience! I loved it there soo pictureque! I have also made a video of my trip to document it so I can go back to it anytime. It is not as good as this video but tried my best! :)
I am from Limburg (Flemish) Belgium and it's pretty hot outside this time a year but we like to make fun of ourselves, it's a Europe thing I suppose. Ran out of videos to watch tho ;(
haha we have that in common then - Canadians are the same! Too hot, too cold ;) Enjoy the sunshine! There's like 140 videos on my channel to keep ya goin'....just sayin'! 🤓
I'm def subscribing! Oh btw, If u guys need background music you can have my songs for free because I love you two's videos (there on my channel or soundcloud)! And I would freak out if I heard one of them on one of your videos haha ofc...
Hi ! I'm from Belgium and I'm very proud of my country and I have to say that you made me discover a lot about Burges and Anvers. I'm not very good at writing English but I do my best hehe :) I just wanted to add that I went to Canada and it's represents the second best country (after Belgium of curse hahah) :) It's a gorgeous country with a great state of mind and I should appreciate to go there once more ! Kiss from Belgium, you're amazing !
There is another theory regarding the origin of the term 'french' fries. It could come from the verb 'to french': "When vegetables such as beans, peppers or potatoes are cut into long thin strips, the preparation process refers to the vegetables as being "frenched"." 'Frenched' fries then became 'french' fries. My dad wrote an article about fries, that's how I know :-)
So how did you find all this information about the city? I wanted to go on a walking tour but I'll be in Brugge on a Monday when they don't have the free tours and I watched this to see if you all did one. But you could give them! This was very informative, do you have any suggestions for where I can find background knowledge on the town? I've got a couple friends to impress haha
Amazing videos about my pretty little country ! 😁 But you guys only visited the flemish parts of the country, and missed Liege, Namur and so on... 😢 If you wanna come in Liege, you’re welcome at my place, I’d give some tips and make you discover my amazing city of Liege ! 👍🏻
Thank you for the kind offer! So glad you enjoyed the videos we made in Belgium :) There are a lot of places we really want to come back and explore more. We loved trying the Liège waffles - so delicious. It was my first time visiting Belgium and I absolutely loved it ❤️
Lovely video! You have seen the bigger tourist place! But in bruges there are so much more little hidden places! Where there are not a lot of people! I lived here al my life! So when you come back contact me i will show you the unseen side of bruges! ☺️ Thanks for this guys! Gr pieter
Wow, what a great place to study architecture! I'm sure when you live in a place it can start to become more ordinary :) I always love seeing it through fresh eyes 😍
Born in bruges and spent my youth there. Moved to ireland 35 y ago. But indeed, it's a stunning city, what you dont realise when you live there
Time and distance give us so much perspective :) I have yet to visit Ireland but I dream of it.
As a Bruges local: thanks for this lovely vid , Bruges comes out beautifully! Well done, always welcome back :)
Thanks a lot! What a beautiful place to be a local in :)
Hello fellow local
Thank you for being so welcoming. I love the city so much!
@@EileenAldis
Where are you from?
Bruges🇧🇪 might by favorite city to visit! So charming!
I can see why! Has a fairytale feel :)
I think you miste the city ghent its verry underrated
I live in Brugge and I love it you’re video is very nice I enjoy to watch other people who come’s to brugge 💖💖
I will visit brugge in few days...
I've lived in Bruges my entire life, and I must say it was really touching to see your reaction to the city I love. Great video!
I am from Texas in the United States. The first time I visited Brugge I fell in love with this city . I have traveled extensively throughout Europe. By far Brugge is my favorite. The last time I visited I cried because my husband of 25 years was no longer in my life and all the wonderful memories came flooding back. I hope to return next year. God bless❤️
my cousin went there a year before she passed away, only 35 years old.made me cry to see the video .she loved belgium and the medieval buildings
What a magical place! A most enjoyable video as always, you two! Looking forward to seeing your smiling faces in the next one.
Thanks a lot, Trish!! It's so gorgeous in Bruges - truly feels like a fairy tale setting.
I watched your video about Belgium - Bruges and Antwerp, and I absolutely loved it. We're excited to go to Belgium this summer. Thanks a lot for your video. Cheers!
So happy you enjoyed the videos, Charlie! I hope they're helpful and wish you a wonderful trip this summer. Belgium is amazing! :)
Gent is also a nice place to visit. 😀
i do hope you had or will having a wonderfull time in brugge you are most welcome
No arguments, Bruges is charming and beautiful. I have been there three times for the scenery, the history, the mussels and frites, chocolate and rather nice beer. Great video!
Thanks, Paul! I also feel like Bruges is a place I could visit over and over again 😃
i like you .you did not use the phrase french fries witch does not exist belgian fries exist a huge mistake made by the gi's in the second world war we have a frech speaking community and a flemish community but it's all belgium hope you come again you are most welcome
we love for you to come again
Fantastic how you guys present Belgian's heritage. Thank you so much !
Thanks, Freddie! :)
Thank you coming to Bruges, Belgium. I live there myself and keep getting stunned by it's beauty when I'm entering town.
I imagine you would have that feeling each time! You live in a very charming place.
I'm going to visit in November. I can't wait. Thanks for posting this.
i really hope you did have a good time in belgium and you are most welcome again
That's exciting! I hope you have a wonderful time. We made other videos there I hope you'll find helpful before your trip: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist Please have some fries for me :)
no prob i love people who can appreciate europe and not see it as a hell hole like trump say's
Bruges is one of my favourite places on Earth. Been there during Summer, been there during Winter, and I cannot decide when the place looks most beautiful. Drank the best hot chocolate I've ever had there. Also, you seem like a couple of really decent people. I wish you both well.
Thanks so much, Matthew! Where did you have the hot chocolate? Would love to know for a future visit. This was our first time there and I can only imagine how charming Bruges is in winter time, especially picturing a tasty hot chocolate in the scene as well :)
After visiting the chocolate museum there is a place just a little up the road from there called the Choco Jungle Bar. There you can try chocolate drinks made to authentic Aztec and Inca recipes. I had an Aztec one made with various spices, it was an 'interesting' choice. However, we went back a second time a couple of days later and I just had a regular, normal hot chocolate and it was so thick, so creamy, it was beautiful. Please go back during the Winter sometime, you may love the place even more.
Mmm sounds wonderful! Thanks for letting me know the place. Here's hoping I get there in winter to experience it :)
👏🏼👏🏼 your channel is so so underrated. I wish you get to 100k soonest. Amazing video :)
Thank you so much! 100K would be amazing! :)
Memories of Bruges. Thank you for portraying it so well
Didn't know about this city, until I saw "In Bruges" movie yesterday.
As an italian living near Turin, which is a baroque city full of examples of art and architecture, I love ancient buildings, castles, and art in general.
I think Bruges could be the city I'd adore to go to 🤩
I wish I could visit Bruges once this corona Virus emergency finally stops!!
Cheers from Italy!
Just beautiful. And a very big thanks for uploading this video
One of the best places!
Yeah, we loved it!
Wow! How did Bruges manage to keep all those Medieval buildings intact!?
No wonder it’s a World Heritage site. I loved seeing it…And all the tourists!
I really enjoyed the “ Madonna and Child’….(And the french fry story)!
…Another one for the bucket list….Thanks!
There are A LOT of tourists! Bruges definitely deserves a place on the bucket list :) I wondered the same thing about how/why so many buildings are so well preserved and the answer is very interesting! Here's an excerpt of what I wrote in the description box --> The reason why Bruges is so well preserved has a twist: the city was too poor to renovate and rebuild. Bruges has experienced periods of great wealth, great poverty, and great wealth again. During the down times, citizens didn't have the cash to make 'improvements' to their houses and to this scarcity we owe a great deal! Ironically, the current citizens of Bruges benefit from their forebears' inability to knock things down and rebuild. Bruges is now a huge draw for tourists from around the world who flock to see the same buildings people were too poor to change. Huzzah! This is why I love history!
In the 16th century the connection of Bruges with the North Sea silted up so merchant ships could not deliver their cargo and thus the city went into a "Cinderella" sleep. Before that it was the richest city in Nortern Europe. Also the place where the first stock excange in the world was founded.
Indeed, Bruges was the Manhattan of the middle ages, and then Antwerp, and then as the Spanish devastated our country, Amsterdam took over. In fact, the whole capitalist system was 'invented' and put into practice in the low countries and the north of Italy.
i hope you did this bucket and you came to belgium if not you are most welcome
About the origin of french fries, a more common theory is that it used to be called frenched fries, from the verb frenching.
To french means to cut something in thin slices, sort of like julienne style, before cooking it.
So at the very beginning it was called frenched fried potatoes which turned into frenched fries and eventually became french fries, at least that’s what we were taught in school as kids :)
This channel is great! Making me more enthusiastic for trip next month to Bruges, The Hague, and Amsterdam. With the Mrs and without kids! Watched all those videos. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
Thank you! Wow, that sounds like a fantastic trip you have coming up! Hope you have a wonderful time :)
lovely to see you enjoyed bruges! i get a rly positive vibe from watching you guys :D greets from a belgian dude. and hope you visit again :D
Thanks for the great video, heading to Bruges in Feb and your video is a big help on what to see!
That's so awesome to hear, Julie! I hope you have a wonderful visit to Bruges :)
If you are going the weekend of 3 feb, there is a big beer festival on the grote markt. So a lot of people. But it is so worth it.
Great vlog! I agree that Brugge is one of the most delightful cities in Europe and your vlog brought back wonderful memories of our visit! Thanks!
Thanks so much, Erika! I'm happy to hear the video brought back good memories :) It's such a lovely place 💕
we do hope you come again to brugge you are most welcome again
You're inspiring guys! Just love the way you make your videos, it's really fantastic what you do. Keep on moving! Thanks a lot )
Thanks so much, Viktoria! We really appreciate that! :)
Long live Bruges! What a beautiful city. Hope to visit there someday too. Glad to get answers to the two
burning questions about French Fries.
It's gorgeous and I'd recommend to anyone doing a trip to Europe! This is not the only appearance fries will make on the channel from our Belgium visit 🍟😁
I love Brugge so much i had a fantastic time there, Really passionate about that whole Flemish region and i am happy to see that people enjoy this place as much as i do. cheers!
Hi! Yes, we fell in love with Bruges (and Belgium overall!) and would really love to return and do more exploring. Would love to hear any recommendations you have :)
The black cat in the folklore museum is very famous to people from Bruges.
The city hall is still used as city hall. The mayor still has his offices there.
Your pronunciation of Oud Sint-jan hospitaal is very good.
Thank you for trying not to say French fries. Cause it really grind the gears of Belgians.
A boat tour is a good idea, way better then a horse ride tour.
Hope you had a great time in (my) our little city.
yes it does i hope one day they rectify this huge mistake made by the gi's in the second world war and change it back where it belongs as belgian fries and thx for the education
Great job, Eileen! We didn't go on the boat tour, and now we wish we had. My wife said I spent way too much time in the Tintin shop. 😀
Lovely! I might skip the fry museum but I think your video settles it for me, I’m going to Bruges this summer 👌🏻
Fantastic! Promise me you'll EAT fries though ;) Here's some of what we ate in Bruges: ua-cam.com/video/P2gPpcMVzM4/v-deo.html 🇧🇪
What a beautiful video, and what a nice couple! Wonderful job
Thanks so much, Amin! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Greetz from Bruges. Thank you 🤗
Hi Carine! :)
It is an amazing video, love your spontanity and feelings!!!! You show what Brugge really is.
Hi Maria! Thanks so much :) It's an incredible place that we loved spending time in!
Hope you guys had a great time. Lovely greets from Belgium!
We absolutely did! Thanks a lot and greetings to you :)
Just rewatching this one again too. It really looks like a charming city to visit. If I ever manage to make it over to there, I'll keep Bruges in mind to see and check out one day, hopefully.
Very nicely done. You guys are very enthusiastic and it runs off.
Hey Jan! Thank you! We appreciate that :)
Its so nice to see you smile even after what happened, you found it in your heart to forgive him.
I could never forgive a cheater.
You are a strong women.
Couldn't resist watching this video over and over again!..Nice one. :)
That's so wonderful to hear! Thank you!! :)
I miss Belgium
Me too. What's your favourite part about it? We made other videos there if you'd like to see more: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist :)
Me not. Sooo happy I moved to ireland 35 y ago.
Never been but looks so artistic and medieval which really appeals to me. Also, it has 2 excellent soccer teams-Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge.
So lovely
Even me being from Bruges learned a few things in this video, nice one!
Thank you so much for this video. I'd be using it to convince my husband that we should do a side trip to Bruges. Thank again!
Haha excellent! I dare say he will not regret a trip to Bruges! ;)
Bruges was awesome, just went and we loved it
Seeing you two so happy and positive in Bruges reminds me of the time we were so happy there as a couple... Hope you didn’t do the torture museum though! Great work! 👍🏼
Thanks :) I'm glad it brought back good memories for you! We didn't go to the torture museum, nope!
Well, if there is any doubt whether there is such thing as love at first sight, this video settles that quandary. If that city was a woman, I might get down on my knees and pop the question! :) And Eileen you could not do a better job of showing us its allure. As usual your description is a wonderful compliment to the vlog :)
haha I've never heard Bruges put that way! It's truly a magical place steeped in history. I'm glad you thought so too! The good news is that more Bruges videos are coming... :)
Loved the location! Great work
Thanks! It's a beautiful place.
Thanks for introducing me to this city. I had no idea that Belgium was this gorgeous! Love all your vids!
Hi Cynthia! Thank you so much! Belgium was a real highlight for me - such a gorgeous place with amazing food and people :)
we do hope you find the time one day and visit our country showing that belgium is not a city like trump say's you are more then welcome and do hope you coma and enjoy it
Thank you for your video.
It is my hometown and I love everything about it (even many tourists ;-) )
What a wonderful video! I love Bruges so much. Always so nice to check in with you two as you travel around the world. I love seeing your adventures! Love the backstory to Michelangelo's Madonna and Child. Makes me think of "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler", by E. L. Konigsburg. Great work!
Thanks a lot, Liz! It was my first time in Belgium and I was floored by how beautiful Bruges is. It's such a great feeling when a place takes you by complete surprise like that :)
Mind that only some of the buildings are middle ages period. There is also 16-17-18-19 century buildings. In order to preserve the medieval atmosphere, the city council (like 150 years +) opted in the past that any new construction in the city had to be done in this Bruges style.
Nice tour video. Really helpful.
Glad to hear that!
There used to be more of these gorgeous medieval cities in Belgium but the Germans kind of messed those a bit up , twice .
For example?
@@weights6257 ww1 and ww2
Bjorn Santens he meant which towns. I’m also curious
@@weights6257 Ypres, Louvain come to mind. No doubt there are more.
@@Drimmel100 Dinant and a lot of nice castles in the Ardennes. Numerous little villages around Ypres where erased from the map like Passendaele.
I’m in Bruges now and you guys are correct. It is amazingly beautiful here! I’m gonna see about that fry museum.
Hi Mark! I miss Bruges! Did you see the Belgian food video we made? Just thinking of it makes me salivate. It's in this Belgium playlist, if you're interested: ua-cam.com/video/RcjYI-AsPqo/v-deo.html Please have some fries for us! :)
There are more interesting things to visit in Bruges then the fry museum, trust me I live here. If you have a lot of time you might just as well visit it, but things like the Groeningenmuseum (medieval paintings from the ancient flemish masters), the Halletoren (the big tower on the market square), the Heilig bloedkapel (where they keep some blood from -allegedly- jezus since the crusades) and even the chocolate museum.
... are some other worthwile places to visit that weren't mentioned in the video.
Thanks Eileen! You're awesome.
@Gauthier - I agree with you. There is much more than the fry museum. The family’s favorite activity was eating and shopping. We have bookmarked it to return one day sooner than later.
The tl;dr history of Bruges: 200 A.D. Roman settlers, 900 A.D. to 1200 A.D. Bruges became an important tradecenter due to its harbor. 1300 A.D. to 1500 A.D. Bruges became the economic capital of Northwestern Europe. It attracted Royals, architects and artists. ...All sorts of stuff happened... 1600 to 1885 it became one of the poorest cities, the two world wars didn't affect it and it became world heritage in 2000. Bruges la morte aka Bruges the dead has been preserved by accident and sheer luck.
we need people like you to educate other people who are unaware of belgian history .most people just come to see the building but not the history thank you very much
Been there many times and love the city,....thinking of moving there actually.
Cool! It'd be a beautiful place to call home.
are you from the netherlands?🙂
i do hope you did some research first it's not very cheap in europe to live we have the highest tax in the whole european union and utility bills
We moved there from San Diego when I retired. Great town.
ah, the memories, my entire family used to live in brugge. but we moved to ghent for some reason, not to complain everything in belgium is extremely close to eachother
Hello! Glad the video brought back nice memories for you :) Ghent is a place I'd LOVE to visit (if you have any tips I'd love to hear them!). Yes, things are quite close together in Belgium compared to Canada. Do you still go and visit Bruges?
I live 20 minutes away from bruges, I love it!❤️
Lucky you, Judith! Which town are you in?
Eileen Aldis I don't live in a town, but the town closest to me is 'diksmuide'❤️
Lovely!
amai, jij hebt een helicopter zeker :p
Can't believe you missed the beer-museum, with a wonderful outlook over the market square ;-)
Haha we’ll have to look for it next time!
when we went, we completely skipped brussels and went right to bruges.....we're so glad we did! it is such a AMAZING and beautiful little town! didnt get to stay long there so i'm glad you covered some of the stuff we didnt get to see :) cheers ~sara
Hey Sara! We did the same thing! Well, we went first to Antwerp and then to Bruges. Didn't go to Brussels. Maybe someday but I'm SO glad we visited Antwerp and Bruges. Bruges is like a fairytale, don't you think? I'm glad you liked the video! Always good, I think, to have things to return to :)
I'm so happy you did. Brussels has its nice places too, But Brugge, Antwerpen and also Ghent are special, they are the heart of Belgium. It saddens me that people who come to europe, often go see brussels and that's it, just because it's the capital. You should go to Ghent WHEN you come back 😊🙌 I'm ashamed to say I never liked it as a kid and didn't visit it again until January of this year and it is STUNNING. It looks a bit like a mix between antwerp and brugge.
You shouldn't have skipped Brussels though, it's one of my favorite Belgian cities, Bruges as well
am happy you had a wonderfull time i hope you do come again you are most welcome
Amazing. We need to get you more views and more subscribers. Keep it up!
Great video and very interesting.My Wife and I are thinking of doing a cruise which goes to Brugge.
Thanks, Sean! It's a wonderful place and I hope you enjoy it if you decide to make the trip :)
BRUGES IS CALLED VENICE OF THE NORTH
Yes, it certainly has enough bridges to earn the name.
you mean Amsterdam
We like to refer to Venice as the Bruges of the south though :p
It's because of trading connection with Venice since the Early Middle Ages actually, when Bruges was the dominant metropolis in Europe. The first Bourse (stock exchange) was in Bruges, and the term 'bank' is from here as well, during the same time and in connection with Venice. What might be interesting too, is that in the Church de Notre Dame, there are the tombs of Marie of Burgundy and her father Charles the Bold, which you showed briefly. The tomb of her mother Isabel de Bourbon, by the way, is in the Cathedral of Antwerp. Also, the Madonna & Child was the only statue of Michael Angelo permitted to leave Italy! And...it's Belgian Fries! (it's a Belgian invention, and mistakenly called french from "frenched" (in old English, meaning finely sliced) by the Americans.)
Ricardo Caine, you mean that's Holland trying to get & take what Belgium has...as usual
thanks for the video.
please keep making these types of awesome videos.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
where u are going next?
Nice to see you guys visited the Black Cat museum... that's why there's always atleast one black cat in that museum :)
Yeah! We were lucky to spot 'the' black cat while we were there :)
Amazing chocolate shops in Bruges. Definitely a must.
Agree!
Hi Eileen, what a nice video you made here about the wonderful city of Bruges. I'm visiting Bruges this coming July with my colleagues and your video makes me wanna bring my GF instead.LOL. I'll most certainly follow every step of your journey there. If you could include the budget spent on each attraction,that would be perfect as tourists could have a better image on the spending cost there especially for first timer like me. Just my two cents though. anyway....great videos!! :)
Thanks for commenting, Vincent! Yeah, sometimes we include prices and sometimes not. Bruges is a wonderful place and I hope you have a fantastic time. It'd be lovely in July :)
i spent a day in bruges 10 yrs ago absolutely stunning im going back this august
I'm curious if you'll find it changed or not. Hope you have a wonderful time next month!
@@EileenAldis well the covid restrictions have made me cancel..pity..im going to egmond aan zee now lol in holland as im there living
@@ThePegasus101 I'm sorry that you had to change plans but hope you'll enjoy your holiday nonetheless! Bruges will be as beautiful when you're able to go again :)
@@EileenAldis where do u live then
if you liked Bruges you should also visit Ghent. Ghent is quite similar but a bigger city, about 2-3 times bigger when you look at the metro area.
I'd love to visit Ghent. Definitely on my list for another trip to Belgium ❤️
Thank you.
Eileen I like your personality so much, always smiling and your laugh, so much happiness tell your husband he is very lucky. lol
Thanks a lot, Robert! We appreciate all your support! :)
Bruges is one of our favourite cities in the world. We lived it do much we've bern there 2x and will go back again. Love love love the fries...lol we had fries girls dessert one night in bruges.
I can see why you keep going back! We loved it too and I thought Belgians were super friendly and kind. Obviously I also canNOT get enough of the food ;) Maybe you saw already but we made a whole video about Belgian food (more like a love letter haha): bit.ly/belgiumfoods
Lol just finished watching that video.
Bruges is pure magic
Like a fairytale 😍
It was actually watching this video that inspired me to visit Bruges. It was an amazing experience! I loved it there soo pictureque! I have also made a video of my trip to document it so I can go back to it anytime. It is not as good as this video but tried my best! :)
nice, you had shit weather. The real traditional Belgium experience!
We were lucky with beautiful sunny weather in Belgium too! Proof in the other videos we made there: ua-cam.com/video/RcjYI-AsPqo/v-deo.html :)
I am from Limburg (Flemish) Belgium and it's pretty hot outside this time a year but we like to make fun of ourselves, it's a Europe thing I suppose. Ran out of videos to watch tho ;(
haha we have that in common then - Canadians are the same! Too hot, too cold ;) Enjoy the sunshine! There's like 140 videos on my channel to keep ya goin'....just sayin'! 🤓
I'm def subscribing! Oh btw, If u guys need background music you can have my songs for free because I love you two's videos (there on my channel or soundcloud)! And I would freak out if I heard one of them on one of your videos haha ofc...
Thank you! We appreciate it! :)
Many thanks for your armchair visit. I'd really love to experience in person. I would drink in the architecture, lace, chocolate!
Hi Elaine! Happy you enjoyed the tour! And absolutely agree on those points - Bruges is a beautiful and special place ❤️
What a wonderful video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Great video! Do you remember offhand which month you were here?
Thank you! I think it was around October. We made other videos there as well if you'd like to check them out: bit.ly/BelgiumPlaylist :)
Nice Video, i like about french fries information.
Thank you! I enjoyed learning more about fries too - and eating them :)
Hi ! I'm from Belgium and I'm very proud of my country and I have to say that you made me discover a lot about Burges and Anvers. I'm not very good at writing English but I do my best hehe :)
I just wanted to add that I went to Canada and it's represents the second best country (after Belgium of curse hahah) :) It's a gorgeous country with a great state of mind and I should appreciate to go there once more !
Kiss from Belgium, you're amazing !
There is another theory regarding the origin of the term 'french' fries. It could come from the verb 'to french': "When vegetables such as beans, peppers or potatoes are cut into long thin strips, the preparation process refers to the vegetables as being "frenched"." 'Frenched' fries then became 'french' fries. My dad wrote an article about fries, that's how I know :-)
You cannot find happiness by these. My challenge
You should go to the art school ;) cool kids who go there I must say
Nice video!
Thank you so much! :)
So how did you find all this information about the city? I wanted to go on a walking tour but I'll be in Brugge on a Monday when they don't have the free tours and I watched this to see if you all did one. But you could give them! This was very informative, do you have any suggestions for where I can find background knowledge on the town? I've got a couple friends to impress haha
He is right as a foreiner what you what to see from Europe is exactly what is in Grote Market
Thank you Aileen, for saying “tzotschkes”. You are so cute!
Nice video. Thank you 😀
Glad you enjoyed it, Dawn! :)
Hallelujah!! Spread the word about our Belgian fries being a Belgian product
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Was just there 3 weeks ago- beautiful city
Glad to hear you enjoyed it :)
@@EileenAldis sure did Eileen, a long way from Melbourne, Australia, but worth the trip
@@KB-th9jm Ah Melbourne! I used to live there actually :) I miss it. Greetings to you there!
@@EileenAldis oh really? Where in Melbourne? I’m in Malvern East
Belgium is so much beautiful.👌👌👌
It truly is. I really want to go back and explore more.
Inshaallah! you go back .
It’s so sad that we don’t build like this any more. Now we only build glass and metal towers with no coherrence..
Great video hope more videos
Thanks so much! More coming :)
Amazing videos about my pretty little country ! 😁 But you guys only visited the flemish parts of the country, and missed Liege, Namur and so on... 😢 If you wanna come in Liege, you’re welcome at my place, I’d give some tips and make you discover my amazing city of Liege ! 👍🏻
Thank you for the kind offer! So glad you enjoyed the videos we made in Belgium :) There are a lot of places we really want to come back and explore more. We loved trying the Liège waffles - so delicious. It was my first time visiting Belgium and I absolutely loved it ❤️
Ciudad encantadora, justo como Eileen.
Eso es muy amable. Gracias Julio!
Que bonito lugar, uno más a la lista de lugares que quiero ir
¡Me alegra que estés de acuerdo! Es tan digno de estar en la lista :)
Lovely video! You have seen the bigger tourist place! But in bruges there are so much more little hidden places! Where there are not a lot of people! I lived here al my life! So when you come back contact me i will show you the unseen side of bruges! ☺️
Thanks for this guys!
Gr pieter
Thank you for the kind offer, Pieter! Glad you enjoyed the video! We'd love to explore more of Bruges (and Belgium!). You live in a beautiful place :)
Eileen Aldis i also study architecture here so i know so much more af the history! One thing is that after a while the wauw effect is a bit gone 😂
Wow, what a great place to study architecture! I'm sure when you live in a place it can start to become more ordinary :) I always love seeing it through fresh eyes 😍
I live in Belguim🙂
Belguim in duth: België
nice video!
Thanks, Abigail!
btw, how much was it to go to the friet museum?
Their website says 7 Euros per adult: www.frietmuseum.be/en/openinghours.htm
In German fries isn't pommes it's "Fritten" even if most german say pommes.I´m from belgian and I speak german